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The Tale of the Ring

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The Tale of the Ring	comment	The Tale of the Ring (Sagan om ringen) is a 1971 Swedish adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. It's notable for being the earliest known screen adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, and the only one made while Tolkien was still alive.The two-parter was made as a companion piece to Bo Hansson's album Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings, which plays throughout it. Hansson has also been credited with directing the series. Urban Lasson served as the producer. Sören Erlandsson took on the task of summarizing the original Door Stopper of a novel into two bite-sized 14-minute episodes.Notably, the series only covers a little over half the book, ending suddenly after the Fellowship leaves Rivendell. This does however give it the opportunity to focus on characters and scenes often cut from later adaptations, such as Tom Bombadil and Glorfindel.And yes, it is based on the infamous "Blind Idiot" Translation by Ake Ohlmarks, but it's such a Compressed Adaptation that it doesn't make much of a difference.Compare The Keepers and The Hobbits, two other European TV productions based on the book.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: Saruman never appears on screen, being represented only by a drawing of "the large stone tower in which he lives", as this series calls Orthanc.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_225d8ff9	type	Ambiguously Human
The Tale of the Ring / int_225d8ff9	comment	Ambiguously Human: While it's mentioned that Saruman is building an army, we never hear or see just what said army consists of in this take on the story.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_2410cc23	type	The Time of Myths
The Tale of the Ring / int_2410cc23	comment	The Time of Myths: The opening of the film empaphizes the fact that the story is set in a "mythical past", when the world was full of beings who are nowadays uncommon.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_2673425b	type	Kid Hero
The Tale of the Ring / int_2673425b	comment	Kid Hero: Frodo is played by a young boy.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
The Tale of the Ring / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: Boromir doesn't appear, making Aragorn the Token Human of the Fellowship. Gollum is also never mentioned, and how exactly Bilbo got his hands on the ring remains a mystery.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_3b5fcbb7	type	Artifact of Doom
The Tale of the Ring / int_3b5fcbb7	comment	Artifact of Doom: The One Ring, of course. Especially since it's stated that destroying it will bring everlasting peace, which if anything implies that the Ring is responsible for the very concept of war!
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The Tale of the Ring / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
The Tale of the Ring / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: Gwaihir is represented by nature documentary-esque footage of a bald eagle.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_52989fee	type	Narrator
The Tale of the Ring / int_52989fee	comment	Narrator: The story — and all of the dialogue — is told to the audience through third-person narration, provided by actor Evan Storm (who had voiced Gandalf in a radio adaptation of ''The Hobbit'' one year previously.) The result is very much like a condensed audio book set to (partially) live action visuals.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_587515b3	type	And the Rest
The Tale of the Ring / int_587515b3	comment	And the Rest: "Gandalf walked first, followed by Strider, Frodo and Sam... and the rest."
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The Tale of the Ring / int_5c5ac0e2	type	Really 700 Years Old
The Tale of the Ring / int_5c5ac0e2	comment	Really 700 Years Old: Frodo is very surprised to hear that both Elrond and Gandalf are thousands of years old.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_5ceb89cb	type	Elfeminate
The Tale of the Ring / int_5ceb89cb	comment	Elfeminate: Glorfindel, enough so that some viewers thought he was meant to be Arwen in this version too.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_6f33059b	type	Iconic Outfit
The Tale of the Ring / int_6f33059b	comment	Notably, this is the only screen adaptation where Tom Bombadil wears his Iconic Outfit, albeit a No Budget version of it.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_71538259	type	Token Human
The Tale of the Ring / int_71538259	comment	Boromir doesn't appear, making Aragorn the Token Human of the Fellowship.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_743437c4	type	Chroma Key
The Tale of the Ring / int_743437c4	comment	Chroma Key: Nearly all of the show was filmed this way, with the cast being placed in front of backdrops (painted by Peter Lindblom.)
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The Tale of the Ring / int_7ae40f90	type	Manly Facial Hair
The Tale of the Ring / int_7ae40f90	comment	Manly Facial Hair: Sam — played by seemingly the only adult among the hobbit actors — has been given a beard. It's unknown whether or not this implies that in this series, Sam might be older than Bilbo!
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The Tale of the Ring / int_80b5924	type	Left Hanging
The Tale of the Ring / int_80b5924	comment	Left Hanging: The series simply ends after the formation of the Fellowship, never getting around to telling the rest of the story.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_82a64c4b	type	Adaptational Nice Guy
The Tale of the Ring / int_82a64c4b	comment	Adaptational Nice Guy: Bilbo's asocial traits are never alluded to, nor is the fact that he basically stole the One Ring from Gollum. He's merely said to have "found" it instead.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_859ec5d8	type	The Fair Folk
The Tale of the Ring / int_859ec5d8	comment	The Fair Folk: The elves are initially introduced as such, appearing in an abstract, dreamlike scene where they dance around and sing... only to then casually sit down and join the hobbits around their campfire.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_b552b24	type	Truer to the Text
The Tale of the Ring / int_b552b24	comment	Truer to the Text: While significantly condensed (and only covering half the book) the series is overall a very faithful adaptation, with a decent chunk of the narration being copied straight from the original text. Notably, this is the only screen adaptation where Tom Bombadil wears his Iconic Outfit, albeit a No Budget version of it. It's also the only screen version to include Glorfindel, as opposed to replacing him with another character (like Legolas or Arwen) or cutting his scene entirely.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
The Tale of the Ring / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: Gimli and Pippin get pretty much nothing to do. Legolas fares only slightly better, as he at least gets to serve as lookout thanks to his great eyesight.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_b8f8de7d	type	Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction
The Tale of the Ring / int_b8f8de7d	comment	Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction: Here, the One Ring very much doesn't change size to fit the wearer, leading to Frodo basically carrying around an oversized bracelet.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_c1b2c63f	type	Dull Surprise
The Tale of the Ring / int_c1b2c63f	comment	Dull Surprise: Evan Storm's rather neutral tone of voice mostly works, but it really stands out when he uses it for the supposedly jolly Tom Bombadil.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_c5b47b36	type	Offscreen Moment of Awesome
The Tale of the Ring / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Frodo's actual confrontation with the Black Riders is only briefly mentioned by the Narrator, while the footage only shows his later escape.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_da1c8191	type	Writers Cannot Do Math
The Tale of the Ring / int_da1c8191	comment	Writers Cannot Do Math: A notorious example. Even though Boromir has been completely cut from the story, the Fellowship are still referred to as "the Nine". Indeed, simply counting the actors reveals that there are only eight of them.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_db912a80	type	The Good King
The Tale of the Ring / int_db912a80	comment	The Good King: Elrond is said to be king of the elves. Inverted with Sauron, who is described as "The King of Darkness."
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The Tale of the Ring / int_e572b14b	type	No Budget
The Tale of the Ring / int_e572b14b	comment	No Budget: This is a low-budget production even compared to other fantasy films at the time, which may have influenced its somewhat unorthodox adaptation methods.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_f9e16ef	type	Distressed Dude
The Tale of the Ring / int_f9e16ef	comment	Distressed Dude: Merry, who gets stuck in Old Man Willow. And Gandalf, who is imprisoned in Saruman's tower. They are rescued — respectively — by Tom Bombadil and Gwaihir.
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The Tale of the Ring / int_ffb55ae3	type	Fauxshadow
The Tale of the Ring / int_ffb55ae3	comment	Fauxshadow: Some plot points — like Sam bemoaning that he doesn't have any rope — are never followed up upon. Of course, they were in the book, but the series never makes it that far.
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